Plastic has been a part of our lives for almost 200 years. Today we rely heavily on synthetic products, both in the home and medicine, as well as in commerce and entertainment.

From the beginning, Mexicans have built a strong relationship with the sea. The cultures of Mesoamerica, Colonial and contemporary Mexico have established deep ties with the seas and oceans.

The pristine waters of Bahia de los Angeles are home to two emblematic species of the Mexican Pacific. We are referring to the Brown Octopus (Octopus bimaculatus) and the Green Octopus (Octopus hubbsorum).

Every year, one million tons of fishing gear are discarded, lost or abandoned in the seas and oceans worldwide.

With more than 15,000 kilometers of coastline, Mexico is a country privileged by the abundance and variety of its fishery resources.

The oceans represent the greatest source of life and oxygen on our planet. As a human species, it is up to us to be able to coexist and achieve development, without breaking harmony with nature.

To the Northeast of the Islas Marías, 46.2 kilometers off the coast of Santiago Ixcuintla, Nayarit, is located Isla Isabel, a natural site in the Mexican Pacific that stands out for its beauty and biodiversity.

Life on our planet depends on water. For that reason alone, rivers, lagoons, seas and oceans represent arguably our most valuable natural capital. It is in the oceans that human civilization established links between cultures and territories throughout its history.

June 5th marks World Environment Day, a date to reflect on the inherent commitment of human beings toward the environment.

On May 15th, the municipal government of Ensenada announced the winners of the Distinguished Citizen Award 2022, among them oceanologist Christian Morales Portillo, a collaborator of Pronatura Noroeste (PNO).

Environmental conservation is no longer an option in our societies, and has become everyone's responsibility.

This April 22nd, we celebrate International Mother Earth Day. It is a date that allows us to remember the invaluable wealth that nature provides us daily and, at the same time, the risk of losing it.

On February 2nd, we carried out the first flight of a drone for the safe and timely surveillance of the ecosystem in Bahía de Loreto. The drone is an Edge 130 model, the only one of its kind in Mexico.

The Mexican government, through the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, has made public on February 15th the Octopus Fishing Management Plan for the Eastern Coast of Baja California, which represents a historic achievement to strengthen the octopus fishery in the region, and an example to promote fishing management in Baja California and northwestern Mexico.

In recent days we´ve signed an important agreement with this higher education school, for the benefit of students, the ecosystem and local communities.